Post #2157820

2026-04-28 08:05 UTC

Tis #TapeBoxTuesday ADAT - Alesis Digital Audio Tape 1992-2003 Studio Pro Format - Uses S-VHS Video Tape 8 Tracks - 16 Bit, later 20 Bit Tape thundered thru Mech, Speed is 95.3mm p/s. Roughly 3 3/4 ips - 4 times faster than VHS, E120 gives 40 mins It’s noisy, clunky &amp; temperamental Multiple Decks could be Linked to give more Tracks. Read more @obsoletemediauk https://obsoletemedia.org/adat/

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@emsquared@social.coop 2026-04-28 08:24

@avavsystems@mastodon.world @obsoletemediauk@mastodon.world Had one back in the day and a video8 based Tascam. Always coveted the Akai analogue multitrack that used their proprietary tapes that looked like Betamax knock offs.

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@GranVegas@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 15:55

@avavsystems@mastodon.world @obsoletemediauk@mastodon.world I still have a gold faced one and my old groups masters on a VHS. Junkie War Stories forEVVERERRRR.

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@ignatiusmusic@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 23:28

@avavsystems@mastodon.world @obsoletemediauk@mastodon.world used to call the BRC remote the "Bean Rice and Cheese" because burritos. for a time i made myself indispensable in the studio because i was the only one who bothered the tedium of learning to sync multiple ADATs to 24 trk analog using the Lynx sync box. it was a good problem to know how to solve. Tascam DA-88 were less popular but better imo. the tape closet in the studio was a fun place to dig and mix/match random tapes and run through the outboard + eventide etc

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